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The aggregate flatness of Facebook

Gene Expression
By Razib Khan
Jan 2, 2012 3:04 AMNov 20, 2019 3:25 AM

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Most readers know that I've been tracking Google Trends data on Facebook for years. Now on January 1 2012 It seems pretty obviously that in the international aggregate this was the year that Facebook finally hit saturation in terms of "mindshare."

But there are interesting international differences. United States:

United Kingdom:

France:

Germany:

Italy:

Russia:

India:

Brazil:

Here's Facebook vs. Orkut in Brazil:

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